British social movements since 1945 : sex, colour, peace, and power / Adam Lent.
"Social movements have transformed Britain's social, political and cultural landscape. Yet, until now, no book detailed the history of these movements. This book focuses on campaigns around gender, race, sexuality, peace, disability and the environment. For the first time, it places these...
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New York :
Palgrave,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Parallel Universes: Social Movements Before 1970
- 3. The Long Explosion I: Women's and Gay Liberation
- 4. The Long Explosion II: Environmentalism, Race, Disability and Peace
- 5. The Fragments: Descent into Division in the Late 1970s and Early 1980s
- 6. Quenching the Flames: Professionalisation and Integration in the 1980s
- 7. Passions Reignited Sexuality, the Poll Tax and Radical Environmentalism in the 1990s
- 8. Conclusion.